The Coronavirus situation is developing rapidly. The Union is here to support you and is working with employers and the Government to ensure that our members are protected at work. If you would like to deepen your knowledge and understanding there are many free courses you can access to find out more information to help you separate fact from fiction.
Reps and members may be struggling with increased pressures at work and home, stress and anxiety and there are a number of courses and resources available through the
Health section including a very helpful website from
Mind but there are additional resources here:
Why not take our new
Maths Bitesize Helping with Homework course or review the Governments list of
online resources to help support kids learning at home
.
Coronavirus related learning
Our
Health & Safety During COVID-19 course is designed to help you understand what employers should be doing to protect the health and safety of their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also signpost you to where you can access regular updates for Usdaw reps and members as the government guidance changes.
To check your understanding of the current situation around the coronavirus why not to complete this
crossword with questions based on facts and advice.
The World Health organisation has some
online information and training.
Alison.com offers a some online learning around corona.
Skills for Health, the health care sector skills council are offering a
course.
FutureLearn run by the Open University is offering a
course.
From LSHTM (The London School of hygiene and tropical medicine) you can access a
free online course.
Grey matter learning are also offering various distance learning courses offered by learning curve through the
Gateway distance learning section.
The Tuc/Unionlearn have been running a series of
webinars which are available to watch live or archived on to YouTube to watch at any time with lots of good advice and YouTube to watch at any time with lots of good advice and
Unionlearn’s eNotes are an excellent resource for information for reps and members.
Additionally with many children being off school we’ve included some resources here to help support our reps and members
:
In a bid to help teachers and parents after schools closed owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, a huge range of companies, celebrities and organisations offered their services for free, there are lots of free resources out there to assist with home learning and
Tes.com have compiled a comprehensive list for you.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence
Lockdowns around the world have resulted in an increase in domestic abuse. For further advice and support take our
online course.